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NOAA Fisheries Approves Changes to Cod and Haddock Recreational Regulations in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank for Fishing Year 2023

NOAA Fisheries has set recreational measures for Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod and haddock and Georges Bank (GB) cod for fishing year 2023.
August 11, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Framework Adjustment 13 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan

We have approved Framework Adjustment 13 to the Monkfish FMP. This action sets monkfish catch limits for fishing years 2023–2025, adjusts to the annual monkfish days-at-sea allocation, and establishes a future change to the minimum mesh size for gillnets.
August 10, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries Announces Closure of 2023 Longfin Squid Trimester II

NOAA Fisheries is closing the directed longfin squid fishery in federal waters, effective August 2, 2023, through August 31, 2023.
July 28, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area Closure for the Common Pool Fishery

This action closes the Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area to Northeast multispecies common pool vessels fishing with trawl gear, sink gillnet gear, and longline/hook gear, through August 31, 2023.
July 26, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Final Rule Implementing 2023-2025 Specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

NOAA Fisheries is implementing chub mackerel, Illex squid, longfin squid, and butterfish quotas for the 2023-2025 fishing years as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
July 26, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

2023 Cost Recovery Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Cage Tag Fees

The 2023 cost recovery fees for the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Individual Transferable Quota Fisheries are $1.21 per surfclam cage tag and $0.66 per ocean quahog cage tag.
June 05, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Atlantic Herring Management Area 3 Possession Limit Adjustment

Herring catch limited to 2,000 lb per trip/day. Effective 00:01 hr local time on May 14, 2023.
May 11, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

2023 Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Specifications

NOAA Fisheries announces final 2023 specifications for the Atlantic spiny dogfish fishery, effective May 1, 2023.
May 01, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Approval of Fishing Years 2023-2024 Sector Operations Plans and 2023 Annual Catch Entitlements

This final rule approves fishing years 2023-24 operations plans for 15 groundfish sectors, grants 18 regulatory exemptions, and allocates preliminary fishing year 2023 annual catch entitlements.
April 28, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic

Cape Cod Catch Cap Closure Area Possession Limit Adjustment for Atlantic Herring

Herring catch in the Cape Cod Catch Cap Closure Area is limited to 2,000 lb per trip/day for vessels fishing with midwater trawl gear. Effective 00:01 hr local time on April 26, 2023.
April 24, 2023 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic